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  2. Firmin & Sons - Wikipedia

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    Firmin & Sons is a British company, founded in 1655, that manufactures and supplies military ceremonial buttons, badges, accoutrements, and uniforms. Thomas Firmin was born in Ipswich , Suffolk in 1632 and was apprenticed to The Girdlers Company the makers of belts both for fine dress and for utility.

  3. List of royal warrant holders of the British royal family

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    Firmin & Sons Ltd: The Duke of Edinburgh Clothing, footwear and accessories Manufacturer of Insignia, Buttons and Accessories 2021 (Void upon death of Grantor) 2005 1655 [191] Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd: The Duke of Edinburgh Clothing, footwear and accessories Robe Makers 2021 (Void upon death of Grantor) 1963 1689 [192] Boots Opticians: The Duke of ...

  4. W Dowler & Sons - Wikipedia

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    W Dowler & Sons, founded in 1744 in Birmingham, was a large-scale manufacturer of numerous goods, notably buttons, Vesta matches, hand bells, letter balances, swords, corkscrews and whistles. History [ edit ]

  5. Button collecting - Wikipedia

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    The most satisfying phase of button collecting, however, will be the study which each button affords as to material or identification of subject or design. It entails the perusing of volume after volume of history and art and costuming; dating a button by shank or material; researching for characteristics of buttons of various countries; and ...

  6. Firmin Sword of Peace - Wikipedia

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    The Firmin Sword of Peace (previously known as the Wilkinson Sword of Peace) is an award given to units of the British Armed Forces for activities above and beyond the unit's normal role that improve relations with the community, either within the United Kingdom, or overseas.

  7. M.M. Rhodes and Sons Company - Wikipedia

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    The M.M. Rhodes and Sons Company is a historical button factory complex at 12 Porter Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Established in 1861 and operational until 2014, it was one of the first successful papier-mâché shoe button manufacturers in the United States. Its surviving factory complex is one of the last early 20th-century complexes ...

  8. Henry Milward & Sons - Wikipedia

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    The earliest reference to the Milward family in connection with needle making is a James Milward who was a needle maker on Fish Hill in 1676. Symon Milward created the company of Henry Milward & Sons aka Milward's Needles (Milward's) in 1730 at the age of 40, in Redditch, United Kingdom.

  9. Instructions Not Included - Wikipedia

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    Instructions Not Included (Spanish: No se aceptan devoluciones, lit. 'Returns not accepted') is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama film co-written, directed by, and starring Eugenio Derbez. The plot follows a Mexican playboy who is suddenly saddled with a love child at his doorstep, and sets off to Los Angeles to find the mother. Released in the ...